Poland at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Poland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  POL
NOC Polish Olympic Committee
Website www.pkol.pl (Polish)
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Competitors 27 (22 men, 5 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Mariusz Siudek (figure skating)
Medals
Rank: 21
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
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Poland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The two medals won by Adam Małysz were the first for Poland in the Winter Olympic Games since 1972.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Małysz, AdamAdam Małysz Ski jumping Men's large hill
 Bronze Małysz, AdamAdam Małysz Ski jumping Men's normal hill

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś Slalom 51.43 53.22 1:44.65 10

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km sprint Krzysztof Topór 3 28:02.2 61
Wiesław Ziemianin 2 27:47.0 58
Tomasz Sikora 1 26:59.3 31
Wojciech Kozub 1 26:31.9 18
12.5 km
pursuit 2
Wiesław Ziemianin 4 38:45.7 50
Wojciech Kozub 4 36:27.8 34
Tomasz Sikora 1 35:30.0 25
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
20 km Krzysztof Topór 54:36.8 6 1'00:36.8 74
Wojciech Kozub 54:35.1 5 59:35.1 69
Tomasz Sikora 53:08.5 4 57:08.5 46
Wiesław Ziemianin 54:35.2 1 55:35.2 30
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Wiesław Ziemianin
Wojciech Kozub
Krzysztof Topór
Tomasz Sikora
1 1'27:35.4 9
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km sprint Anna Stera-Kustucz 0 23:24.6 43
10 km
pursuit 4
Anna Stera-Kustucz 4 36:59.3 43
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
15 km Anna Stera-Kustucz 50:47.1 4 54:47.1 54

1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 Starting delay based om 10 km sprint results.
3One minute added per missed target.
4 Starting delay based om 7.5 km sprint results.

Bobsleigh

Men
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
POL-1 Tomasz Żyła
Dawid Kupczyk
Krzysztof Sieńko
Tomasz Gatka
Four-man 47.22 18 47.48 22 47.93 20 48.10 18 3:10.73 18

Cross-country skiing

Men

Sprint

Athlete Qualifying round Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Janusz Krężelok 2:50.67 3 Q 3:00.7 3 ADV 3:00.6 5 Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete 10 km C 10 km F pursuit1
Time Rank Time Final rank
Janusz Krężelok 27:14.6 25 Q 25:30.3 32

Figure skating

Pairs
Athletes Points SP FS Rank
Dorota Zagorska
Mariusz Siudek
11.0 8 7 7
Ice Dancing
Athletes Points CD1 CD2 OD FD Rank
Sylwia Nowak
Sebastian Kolasiński
26.0 13 13 13 13 13

Short track speed skating

Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Krystian Zdrojkowski 500 m 44.117 4 Did not advance
Krystian Zdrojkowski 1000 m 1:30.026 3 Did not advance
Krystian Zdrojkowski 1500 m 2:23.015 5 Did not advance

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Qualifying jump Final jump 1 Final jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Wojciech Skupień Normal hill 83.0 97.0 31 Q 83.5 98.0 42 Did not advance
Tomasz Pochwała 88.0 108.5 22 Q 85.0 102.0 40 Did not advance
Robert Mateja 90.0 115.5 10 Q 85.5 104.5 37 Did not advance
Adam Małysz Pre-qualified 98.5 129.5 3 Q 98.0 133.5 263.0
Tomasz Pochwała Large hill 110.5 94.4 26 Q 110.5 93.9 43 Did not advance
Tomisław Tajner 112.5 98.0 18 Q 113.0 98.4 39 Did not advance
Robert Mateja 118.0 111.4 5 Q 117.0 108.6 29 Q 109.5 93.6 202.2 29
Adam Małysz Pre-qualified 131.0 137.3 3 Q 128.0 132.4 269.7
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Robert Mateja
Tomisław Tajner
Tomasz Pochwała
Adam Małysz
848.1 6

1Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Men's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Marek Sąsiadek 18.8 29 34.0 11 Did not advance
Women's parallel giant slalom
Athlete Qualifying Round one Quarter final Semi final Final Rank
Time Rank
Jagna Marczułajtis 42.39 9 Q Dagi Mair unter der Eggen W Maria Kirchgasser W Isabelle Blanc L Lidia Trettel L 4

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Tomasz Świst 35.72 23 35.55 26 71.27 22
Paweł Abratkiewicz 35.40 16 35.04 16 70.44 16
1000 m Paweł Abratkiewicz 1:10.21 29
Tomasz Świst 1:09.48 21
5000 m Paweł Zygmunt 6:29.71 14
10,000 m Paweł Zygmunt 13:35.50 14
Women
Event Athlete Total
Time Rank
1500 m Katarzyna Wójcicka-Bachleda-Curuś 2:00.59 26
3000 m Katarzyna Wójcicka-Bachleda-Curuś 4:19.10 26

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